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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Coloring outside the lines

I used a single charm pack of La Petite Ecole and a large scrap of Luna Notte to make my smaller version of this month's Schnibble. I spent far too much time with my seam ripper during the assembly process. As a result, some of the blocks were not quite as neat and tidy as I would have liked.

I decided to take a risk on the quilting - hence the coloring outside the lines blog post title. Instead of just doing an overall meander, I decided to go with the feather theme. I love how my four feathers turned out on the inner sashings and the border feathers are ok. However, not overly fond of what I did in the blocks themselves.

That said, I did have a blast doing the FMQ. Feathers really are fun. Next time, I need to try for something which does feathers over the whole quilt - ignoring the blocks themselves.

Looking forward to seeing what others have done with their fabric choices with parade time at Sinta's andSherri's blogsHappy Stitching!

About Me

I've been a quilter for over 30 years although my hobby became an obsession about 15 years ago! I recently started designing my own patterns for sale on Craftsy under my Elm Street Quilts name.
I've 3 kids - the youngest is 18 - and live with my husband of 30+ years in central North Carolina.